Urban Issues: Housing Affordability, Atlanta Beltline Internet Incentive, Nashville Mixed-Income Plan, Twitter & Geography Of Communication
May 17, 2013
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What's Happening to Housing Affordability
AARP Blog
The National Association of Realtors announced earlier this year that its Housing Affordability Index shows 2012 was a record year for housing affordability.
Blogosphere: SF Transit Fund Priorities, Transit Economic Benefits, Minneapolis Biking Numbers, Downtown Life & Death
March 6, 2013
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Commentary: SF Must Prioritize Public Transit Funds
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco fancies itself a transit-first city. We encourage people to give up their cars. We reduce parking...
Read On Blogosphere: Economic Benefits of Transit Citizens for Modern Transit
One item should be top priority for any employer and the region: Transit. You may not ride transit, you may not know anyone who uses the bus or MetroLink;…
San Francisco fancies itself a transit-first city. We encourage people to give up their cars. We reduce parking...
Read On Blogosphere: Economic Benefits of Transit Citizens for Modern Transit
One item should be top priority for any employer and the region: Transit. You may not ride transit, you may not know anyone who uses the bus or MetroLink;…
Blogosphere: US HSR Future, Praise For Nigeria BRT, VMT Continues Down, Philly Transit Example, Building Codes Vs. Affordability, Crowdsourced Urbanism
February 27, 2013
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Blogosphere: Will They, or Won't They?
Next City
When it was just settling into power, the Obama administration scored a coup. Following up on a campaign promise, White House officials convinced Congress to agree to an unprecedented and massive infusion of funds for high-speed rail...
Read On Blogosphere: Lagos BRT Gets Praise C40 Blog
Recent transportation advances in Nigeria's most populous city have caught…
When it was just settling into power, the Obama administration scored a coup. Following up on a campaign promise, White House officials convinced Congress to agree to an unprecedented and massive infusion of funds for high-speed rail...
Read On Blogosphere: Lagos BRT Gets Praise C40 Blog
Recent transportation advances in Nigeria's most populous city have caught…
Blogosphere: Congestion Pricing Cuts Traffic, BRT & Economic Development, Skyscrapers Over Trains, Repairing Freeway Scars, Hawaii TOD
January 23, 2013
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Blogosphere: Pricing Cuts Traffic 20% in 2 Weeks
EU Polis Network
The Göteborg congestion charge was launched on 1 January 2013. First reports after week 1 and week 2 of the scheme show that it is working as expected. The congestion charge is part of the West Swedish Agreement that aims to create an attractive, sustainable and growing region...
Read On Blogosphere: BRT Can Build Chicago's Economy…
The Göteborg congestion charge was launched on 1 January 2013. First reports after week 1 and week 2 of the scheme show that it is working as expected. The congestion charge is part of the West Swedish Agreement that aims to create an attractive, sustainable and growing region...
Read On Blogosphere: BRT Can Build Chicago's Economy…
Blogosphere: Biking Research From TRB, America Is Walking Disaster, Hopes & Obstacles For DC Streetcars, View For Transit Foes
January 17, 2013
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Blogosphere: El Camino Development Could Help/Hurt
Peninsula Transportation Blog
Menlo Park's new El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan, approved by City Council last summer, envisions greatly enhancing El Camino's role as a place for people in addition to cars...
Read On Blogosphere: Turn Downtown One Ways into Two Ways Stockton City Limits
Driving in downtown…
Menlo Park's new El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan, approved by City Council last summer, envisions greatly enhancing El Camino's role as a place for people in addition to cars...
Read On Blogosphere: Turn Downtown One Ways into Two Ways Stockton City Limits
Driving in downtown…
Blogosphere: Travel Is All In The Mind, Making Transit Free, Buffalo's Complete Streets, Tech Impact On Evolution, 50 Densest Metro Areas
October 1, 2012
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Blogosphere: How Travel Limits Our Minds
Guardian UK
My train and plane journey demonstrates that how we travel reflects the way we think - and we have become a society of airheads...
Read On Blogosphere: Signal System Criticized Systemic Failure
As you may have heard, Caltrain has gotten a "Go" to install a modern signal system, paving the way for electrification and high-speed rail. The Governor, Sen. Jackie Speier, and other dignitaries…
My train and plane journey demonstrates that how we travel reflects the way we think - and we have become a society of airheads...
Read On Blogosphere: Signal System Criticized Systemic Failure
As you may have heard, Caltrain has gotten a "Go" to install a modern signal system, paving the way for electrification and high-speed rail. The Governor, Sen. Jackie Speier, and other dignitaries…
Blogosphere: Big Dig's Big Costs, Infrstructure Bank, Transit & Work In Dallas, Cheapness Of BRT
July 13, 2012
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Blogosphere: Boston's Big Dig Buries Other Projects
Planetizen
Completed years ago, the true cost of Boston's "Big Dig" is finally being tallied. Unfortunately, for residents of Massachusetts, the tab is far from paid, imperiling funding for other necessary transportation projects, reports Eric Moskowitz. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Infrastructure Bank is a Mixed Bag Transportation Issues Daily
A new report concludes a federal infrastructure bank could depoliticize decisions, but would duplicate existing…
Completed years ago, the true cost of Boston's "Big Dig" is finally being tallied. Unfortunately, for residents of Massachusetts, the tab is far from paid, imperiling funding for other necessary transportation projects, reports Eric Moskowitz. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Infrastructure Bank is a Mixed Bag Transportation Issues Daily
A new report concludes a federal infrastructure bank could depoliticize decisions, but would duplicate existing…
Blogosphere: CAHSR Battle Lines, Bike Delivery, Private DC Streetcar, Bus Bunching Solution, Sprawl Alive & Well, Stockton's Bankruptcy
June 28, 2012
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Blogosphere: I'm Not Cheering Transport Bill
Dallas Morning News
My inbox has been full all day long with triumphant news from the transportation advocacy groups - and not a few politicians - hailing the emergence of a compromise in the House on the long-awaited transportation bill. I'm not one of the celebrants...
Read On Blogosphere: Battle Lines Drawn…
My inbox has been full all day long with triumphant news from the transportation advocacy groups - and not a few politicians - hailing the emergence of a compromise in the House on the long-awaited transportation bill. I'm not one of the celebrants...
Read On Blogosphere: Battle Lines Drawn…
News: A 'Why Bother' Highway Bill, TIGER Transit Benefit, Stockton Bankruptcy, Commuter Shed Maps, Privatizing Everything
June 26, 2012
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National: Why Bother With a Weak Bill?
National Journal
Anyone who has been reading this blog in recent months knows that we have been obsessively following the intrigue surrounding the highway bill. This week marks another pivotal moment. ..
Read On National: Rogoff - TIGER Good Start for Transit Agencies Fastlane
With transit ridership levels up in Chicago and around the country, access to affordable public transit…
Anyone who has been reading this blog in recent months knows that we have been obsessively following the intrigue surrounding the highway bill. This week marks another pivotal moment. ..
Read On National: Rogoff - TIGER Good Start for Transit Agencies Fastlane
With transit ridership levels up in Chicago and around the country, access to affordable public transit…
Blogosphere: Cost Of New Transit Riders, Bike Organizations, Demands For Traffic Calming, The Corner Store, Disappearing Skywalk System
February 24, 2012
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Blogosphere: Cost of New Riders, Park N Rides
Cap'n Transit Rides Again
This may be more important than the congestion-fighting mentality I've described in recent posts in accounting for the proliferation of park-and-ride lots and garages in transit systems new and old...
Read On Blogosphere: Three Major Bike Orgs to Join Bike League Blog (via Streetsblog)
The leadership of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, Bikes Belong, and the League…
This may be more important than the congestion-fighting mentality I've described in recent posts in accounting for the proliferation of park-and-ride lots and garages in transit systems new and old...
Read On Blogosphere: Three Major Bike Orgs to Join Bike League Blog (via Streetsblog)
The leadership of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, Bikes Belong, and the League…
